Last Updated: Friday, January 24, 2014, 02:28
UN human rights chief Navi Pillay urged Myanmar on Thursday to investigate reports that more than 40 people had been killed in attacks on Rohingya Muslims in the country`s strife-torn Rakhine state.
Last Updated: Friday, January 24, 2014, 00:37
Buddhist mobs killed 40 Muslims when they stormed village in western Myanmar last week, hunting down residents with knives, human rights group said, citing witness testimony and local sources.
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 21, 2014, 12:41
An Indonesian court Tuesday jailed the mastermind of an Islamic extremist plot to bomb the Myanmar embassy for seven-and-a-half years, but the militant pledged to "continue fighting the enemies of Islam".
Last Updated: Saturday, January 18, 2014, 10:12
The United States said on Friday it was "deeply troubled" by a new wave of unrest in western Myanmar which has left several people dead, and warned security forces against "excessive force."
Last Updated: Saturday, January 18, 2014, 08:30
Several people including women and a child have been killed in an attack on Rohingya Muslims in strife-torn western Myanmar, a rights group said, as the United States voiced alarm.
Last Updated: Saturday, January 18, 2014, 06:49
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 15, 2014, 14:37
The former pariah state has freed political prisoners, welcomed opposition parties into parliament and launched economic reforms.
Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2014, 13:06
A man was arrested with around 55 grams of heroin, worth Rs 55 lakh in the international market, from Khudengtabi near Manipur-Myanmar border, police said Friday.
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 7, 2014, 11:22
The United States sometimes uses the official name Myanmar instead of Burma as a "diplomatic courtesy" to the Asian country, the State Department has said, in a sign of rapprochement.
Last Updated: Monday, January 6, 2014, 15:14
Several thousand people joined a rally in Myanmar`s main city on Sunday to call for the abolition of repressive laws and an end to politically related arrests.
Last Updated: Monday, January 6, 2014, 13:31
An Indonesian court jailed an Islamic extremist for seven and a half years Monday over an "evil" plot to bomb the Myanmar embassy to avenge the killing of Rohingya Muslims.
Last Updated: Saturday, January 4, 2014, 18:10
Myanmar`s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Saturday called on the powerful military to get involved in reforming the country`s junta-era constitution, which currently bars her from becoming president.
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